connect

religious feeling

pre-evangelization

TRUSTING RELATIONSHIPS

transparent

personal

initial proclamation

the gospel

• God created out of love
• We rejected that love
• Sin ruptured our relationship
• God became man and died for us
• Jesus rose and established Church
• United to him through Baptism

the gospel

• Union calls for conversion
• Life of service
• Worship, communion, prayer
• Live in relationship
• Acknowledge our need for a savior
• Jesus is that Savior
• Believe and trust in him

initiatory catechesis

practical ways to do this

• Continually draw to Gospel
• Thoroughly Christ-Centered
• Make life applications
• Allow time to reflect

POPE BENEDICT XVI

the problem

"Religious education is different from, and complementary to, catechesis, as it is school education that does not require the assent of faith, but conveys knowledge on the identity of Christianity and Christian life."

cardinal newman